Butter-package



UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES E.V MAooMBEE, oF ATWATEE, MINNESOTA.

BUTTER- PAC KAG E..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,698, dated April 2, 1889.

Application led J' une 1 8, 1888.

To all whom t may concern:

vBe it known that I, CHARLES E. M AcoMBER of Atwater, in the county of Kandiyohi and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new Improvements in Butter-Packages, of whic the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive package in which butter or other material maybe packed for transportation and in which it may be kept and portions of it removed from time to time, as may be required for use.

The invention consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longi-` section of the package for forcing the butter out of the other end of the package. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner of removing the but-ter from the last section of the package. Fig/i iS a cross-section of the pack- `age.

In the drawings, 2 represents one section of the package and 4 the other sect-ion. These sections are each preferably made of any suitable material and of any suitable size. They are each of circular or other suitable shape in cross-section- Each section is provided at one end with a removable end orfollower, 3. This follower is preferably formed of a cup-shaped disk fitting into the section and forming an air-tight joint with the walls of the section. The interior diameter of one section is equal to the exterior diameter of the other section, so that the sections are adapted to telescope each other.

If preferred, wires `5 may be provided for securing the followers in position in the ends of the package, as shown in Fig. l. These wires pass through holes in the endsof the sections serai N0."277,492. (No model.)

and through the ianges of the followers. The sections of the package are preferably made of sheet metal with the joints lapped and soldered, as shown in Fig. 4. As the material is thin and the lap of the joints short, the joints do not interfere with the telescoping together of the sections.

The manner of using the package may be described as follows: The section of the smaller diameter is packed full of butter or other material that the pack/age is to hold, the follower 3 being preferably first placed in position, and forming a bottom to the section while it is being filled. The oth er section is similarly not extend quite to the end of the section. The end of the smaller section is then placed within the end of the larger section, andthe two are pushed together into the positionv shown in'Fig. l. When the butter is to be removed, the sections may be separated and the material removed from each section by pushing the follower through the section, or the follower may be removed from the larger Section and the smaller section be used as a followerto push the material from the larger section, as indicated in Fig. 2. VThen the material is entirely removed from the larger section, the follower in the other section may be used toremove the material from that section, as indicated in Fig. 3. One or more intermediate sections telescoping with the others may be employed, if preferred.

I claim as my invention- The package herein described, comprising the open-ended sections telescoping together,

package, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May, 1888.

CHARLES E. lVIAQCOIWIBER.

In presence of- S. C. SIMoNs, A. C. PAUL.

attached, but the material in this section does and the followers iitting in the ends of the 

